Improved blank for ax-polls



UNrTnD STATES PATENT Orrrcno WILLIAM BUNTON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEO. W. JOPE, OF SAME' PLACE.

llViPROVED BLANK FOR AX POLLS.

` Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 95,646, dated October12, 1859.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BUNroN, of the city of Pittsburg, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful article of manufacture-viz., Blanks for AX-Heads; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a new article ofmanufaeture-viz., a bar of iron rolled to the shape of a continuousundivided serics of blanks for ax-heads,77 the fiber ofthe metal runninglengthwise of the bar and ak-head.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use nay invention, Iwill proceed'to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification,Figure 1 is a face view of a bar of iron rolled so as to form a seriesof blanks for air-heads. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the saine.Fig, 3 is a face view of a blank for air-heads. Fig. et is alongitudinal section of the same cut through at line x. Fig. 5represent-s the blank of the air-head when formed and ready for thefurther construction of the an.

The blanks represented in the accompanying drawings are formed by meansof a pair of rolls, provided with a groove or grooves, the contour ofwhich corresponds to the desired formy of the blank for the ait-head.

The construction of the rolls will readily be understood by the skillfulroll-turner, and the manner of manipulating the iron, in passing throughsuch rolls, I leave to the skill and judgment of those skilled in theart of rolling iron; but in the construction of the rolls and therolling of the iron into the desired form for the blanks for aX-headsthe idea of having the ber of the iron to run lengthwise of blanks mustbe constantly kept in View.

The advantage of forming the blanks so that the fiber of the iron willrun lengthwise ofthe aX-head will be very apparent to those skilled inthe manufacture of axes. Blanks thus formed can be readily bent into theforni desired, will draw out more readily under the hammer, and are notliable to crack in the eye of the ax.

` In the drawings, A represents the part which forms the poll. Brepresents the sides of the head, and represents the eye for the handleofthe aX. The blanks are separated by cutting the bar as indicated bythe lines y.

I wish it clearly understood that I do not claim, broadly, rolling barsinto forms suitable for forming blanks for aX-heads, for such device isold, but,

Having thus described the nature and construction of my improvement,what I claim as of my invention is- As a new article of manufacture, abar of iron rolled to the shape of a continuous undivided series ofblanks for ax-heads, the fiber of the metal running lengthwise of thebar and aX- poll, as herein described.

VILLIAM BUN TON.

Witnesses:

` A. C. JOHNSTON,

JAMns J. J oHNsToN.

